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A Mustang Story

This wasn’t just any fastback - it was a 1968 S-code 390 GT 4 speed. If you don’t know your Mustangs - that’s about as good as it gets

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Wednesday 02.05.20
Posted by Raph Tripp
 

Once the Standard of the World – a brief history of Cadillac

Cadillac was once truly the ‘standard of the world’ as their ads boasted. But it was no boast - they really were one of the most exclusive, and innovative marques in the world. We look back at Cadillac’s technical innovations and look at some of the reasons for its’ decline as a world class car.

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Thursday 11.21.19
Posted by Raph Tripp
 

Ford v Ferrari – The inside story

Ford V Ferrari - The background you should know about the Movie, the rivalry and Le Mans. A 1960s car magazine accurately described Le Mans as “a four hour sprint race followed by a 20 hour death watch” and “probably the most dangerous sporting event in the world”.

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Friday 11.08.19
Posted by Raph Tripp
 

Fifty Years of the Aussie wagon

When the last Commodore rolled off the production line in October 2017, it not only signalled the end of Aussie car production, it also meant the death of the iconic locally built station wagon. In this article we look back at half a century of the great Australian family car.

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Tuesday 10.22.19
Posted by Raph Tripp
 

Bullit: How the Greatest Car Chase Was Filmed

There may have been chase scenes before, but nothing before or since has equaled the intensity and impact of BULLITT. Over the years, fans have asked questions about the two cars used in the movie, a 1968 Dodge Charger and a 1968 Mustang 390 GT. Of all the musclecars offered in the late sixties, why were these two cars chosen, and how were they modified to survive the torturous driving?

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Tuesday 10.15.19
Posted by Raph Tripp
 

Bathurst saved my life

With her husband away delivering produce, the farmer’s wife invited us to sleep in a spare room, but not before making us sit up with her as she breast-fed her baby and smoked marijuana from a bong made from two coconuts with a giant bamboo stem.

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Friday 10.04.19
Posted by Raph Tripp
 

Fitzpatrick and Kaufman - the Godfathers of automotive advertising art

Art Fitzpatrick and Van Kaufman created what is arguably the finest automotive artwork ever produced when hired by Pontiac from the late ‘50s to early ‘70s. Read on for the story behind these incredible ‘mad men’ artists.

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Friday 09.13.19
Posted by Raph Tripp
 

Maligned: The brilliant Chevy Corvair

Bad publicity killed off the best handling, most advanced car in America, the rear engine Chevy Corvair. Why?

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Tuesday 09.03.19
Posted by Raph Tripp
 

The Cars of Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

When you set a movie in 1969 Los Angeles, you better have the cars to back it up, and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood does that in spades.

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Monday 08.26.19
Posted by Raph Tripp
 

Ford LTD - what did it stand for?

There’s been many theories on what Ltd stood for when Ford began using the term as a nameplate for its prestige models from the mid 1960s…

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Monday 08.19.19
Posted by Raph Tripp
 
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